WRITER

Petar Hektorović

1487 - 1572

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Petar Hektorović (1487 – 13 March 1572) was a Croatian writer and polymath. Hektorović, also known as Pietro Ettoreo or Piero Hettoreo, was born and died in Stari Grad, Hvar. He was a poet and collector of Hvar's fishermen songs, and an important figure of the Renaissance period in Croatian literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Petar Hektorović has received more than 41,880 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Petar Hektorović is the 2,681st most popular writer (down from 2,570th in 2019), the 156th most popular biography from Croatia (down from 128th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Croatian Writer.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.13

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  • 1.80

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Notable Works

Djela Petra Hektorovića
1986
Ribanje i ribarsko prigovaranje
1953
Djela Petra Hektorovića
1986
Ribanje i ribarsko prigovaranje složeno po Petretu Hektoroviću = Fishing and fishermen's conversations by Petar Hektorović
Fishing, Poetry
1997
Fishing and fishermen's conversation =
1979
Ribanje i ribarsko prigovaranje
1953
Fishing and fishermen's conversation =
1979
Ribanje i ribarsko prigovaranje složeno po Petretu Hektoroviću = Fishing and fishermen's conversations by Petar Hektorović
Fishing, Poetry
1997

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Petar Hektorović ranks 2,681 out of 7,302. Before him are Mihály Vörösmarty, Edith Pargeter, Bhavabhuti, Herbert Read, Krishna Sobti, and Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky. After him are Harlan Ellison, Labīd, Jacques Collin de Plancy, Alex Haley, Jean-François de La Harpe, and David Lagercrantz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1487, Petar Hektorović ranks 14. Before him are William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, Anna of Brandenburg, Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg, Charles de Lannoy, 1st Prince of Sulmona, Catherine of Mecklenburg, and Cristóbal de Olid. After him are Macropedius, Fray Tomás de Berlanga, and Giovanni da Udine. Among people deceased in 1572, Petar Hektorović ranks 21. Before him are Petrus Ramus, Archduchess Barbara of Austria, Jean Goujon, Ippolito II d'Este, Claude Goudimel, and Moses Isserles. After him are Galeazzo Alessi, Aegidius Tschudi, and Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Petar Hektorović ranks 156 out of 700. Before him are Ivan Mažuranić (1814), Josipa Lisac (1950), Svetozar Pribićević (1875), Ivan Perišić (1989), Toni Kukoč (1968), and Nicholas Tavelic (1340). After him are John Vitéz (1408), Stjepan Sarkotić (1858), Robert Jarni (1968), Vatroslav Lisinski (1819), Robert Ludvigovich Bartini (1897), and Branko Ivanković (1954).

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Among WRITERS In Croatia

Among writers born in Croatia, Petar Hektorović ranks 16. Before him are Marin Držić (1508), Tin Ujević (1891), Niccolò Tommaseo (1802), Petar Preradović (1818), Frano Selak (1929), and Ivan Mažuranić (1814). After him are Marija Jurić Zagorka (1873), Branko Radičević (1824), Tomaž Šalamun (1941), August Šenoa (1838), Antun Vrančić (1504), and Andrija Kačić Miošić (1704).

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